Entertainment

The entertainment is endless at festival. Enjoy everything from music, films, poetry, dances, theatre and more ­ all for free.

Event Time & Location

13th Hour

Classic pop/rock favorites you thought you forgot

8th Avenue

“Punk n Roll”

A Thousand Plateaus

Acoustic-indie-pop-rock band (with a clarinet player.)

AB! & Coconut Brown

7-piece hip-hop band

ABC Orchestra

High School performance group specializing in ALL alt styles

Absinthe

Experience the new sound of rock!

Academy of Dance Arts #1

Academy of Dance Arts #2

Storytelling through dance.

Ada Dance Academy

“Dance is a beautiful expression of life”

Akaray

Salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia

Alexis

Electronic dance duo

American Art Song Today—ALIVE!!!

Anne Marie Church, soprano performs American Art Songs with ‘a touch of cabaret’ with Phil Pletcher, piano.

Amy Young & Friends

folk/pop/jazz singer/songwriter

Archive

Guitar Duo performing Celtic and Classical musi

Ardan Academy of Irish Dance (formerly Heinzman School of Irish Dance)

Irish dance

Argentucky Blues

Modern blues

Artesian

Family group: Folk, standards, originals

Ash Grove String Quartet

The Art of Quartet, muisc by Beethoven, Haydn and more!

Awards

People’s Choice: Regional Arts Exhibition, Film Competition

Regional Arts Exhibition, Philatelic, Grand Rapids Combined Theatre Scholarship Awards

Diane Casey “Spirit of Festival” award

Badenya Drumming Ensemble

West African Inspired Original Drumming – Original Songs

Balletmore Dance Ensemble

Contemporary ballet

Bellistic! Handbell Ensemble

High school handbell group

Bermuda Nights Jazz

Contemporary jazz and funk band

Bethel Pentecostal Choir

Traditional Festival close

Blue Water Ramblers

Celebrating Michigan’s citizens, roads, forests and lakes

Body Language Dance

Body Lanuage Dance

Bonnie Jean Johnson Music Studio

Piano and Vocal Students

Borrowed Time

Borrowed Time – Blues & Classic Rock Band

Brena

Rock/Pop Rock/Alternatve

Brian Morris, Guitarist

Classical Guitar

Bruce Colin Evans

Singer/Songwriter/Acoustic Solo

Cabildo

Latin/folk rock

Caitlin Lancaster

Little Nell’s magic dancing show

Caledonia Dance Center

Caledonia Middle School Choirs

Broadway pop

Caledonia Middle School Orchestra

Classical, modern and pop music

Cardio Salsa by Rich Benoit

Traditional Latin dance movement class

Celtic Kilroy

Traditional Celtic and Maritime songs and ballads

Chance Jones

Indie rock band

Cheveche

Girls’ quartet, singing a variety from sacred, classical, and musical theatre

Chris Crown

Chris Dupont

Folk-influenced singer songwriter, offering infectious hooks

Cole and the Embers

Edgy folk with smooth as butter female vocals

Common Shiner

Folk rock that pops, sweet melodies for the masses

Comstock Park Jazz Ensemble

Award-winning high school jazz ensemble

Conklin Ceili Band

Music of the Irish around the world performed in a uniquely Irish American way.

Corey’s Rock Band Lessons

Teaching kids how to rock!

CounterBalance

1968-1988 Classic arena rock revue

Coverstory

Creative Art Ensemble

Creative Electric Jazz and World Music

Creative Arts Repertoire Ensemble (CARE)

Exerpts from “Giselle”

Creston High Jewell Tones

Crisi and Band

Edgy original music

Dance Creations

Variety of Dance

Dance Network Company

Tap, ballet, jazz and hip-hop

Dancing Plus LLC

Danielle Rieker

Electric folk meets contemporary Christian

Dave Wells Strolling German Oom-pah Band

German Folk Music

David Strong

Hats

Daybreak Church All-Star Band

Contemporary Christian Rock

Deadwood Stone

Straight-forward rock that is brewed in the gut and shot from the hip.

Deep Couch

Original groove oriented indie funk fusion

Dilly Songs - Delightful and Silly Songs for kids

Delightful silly song sing-a-long for kids!

Dixie Du Jour

Traditional Dixieland Jazz

Dixon’s Violin

Original Alternative Rock

Don Sikkema & David Gilliland

Baritone vocalist with piano in an Art Song Sampler.

Drew Nelson

Americana/folk singer/song writer.

Dusty Chaps Band

Country/variety music with comedy

Dyer Ives Foundation Poetry Winners

Original poetry

East West Karate Center

Tiger, Dragon and Crane – an entertaining demonstration of the martial arts

Edelweiss Choir

Performing choral songs, secular and sacred, from 500 years of German music tradition.

Edye Hyde and Friends

Vocal jazz, blues and pop

Embellish

Handbell ensemble

Ensemble Montage

Classical Chamber Music featuring eleven musicians in various trios, quartets and more!

Eric and Crista Phelps

Cello and Piano Duo playing classical and sacred music.

Erick Pichardo and Diagonal Alley

Stories and dance

Evidence Jazz Group

Original hardbop/mainstream jazz

Expressions Dance Academy

Elite Performance Team

Five Leaf Clover

The Five Leaf Clover Band is a family band playing traditional Irish music.

Five Minutes Tardy

Pop-rock tastiness

Flat River Dance Company

A variety of dance styles

Folk Arts Presents Neil Jacobs

Masterful Gypsy, classical, & world 12-string guitar

Four for Smoking

schizophrenic pop rock with faux metal moments

Four Lincolns

Original Grand Rapids folk-rock-pop music with dark, bluesy undertones.

Frontline Community Church

Modern, progressive worship band

Glen Danles

Gloria Cangelosi

Stories for a church day

Too early for anything serious

Godwin Heights High School Band

Concert band music

Grace Wolbrink with dancer/choreographer Andrea Nightingale

Hoola loop’n tales

Fairie Sight

Graham Parsons and the Go Rounds

Entirely original folk/soul/rock

Grand Rapids & District Pipe Band

Bagpipers and drummers

Grand Rapids Accordion Ensemble

Popular music,old favorites, including polkas, marches

Grand Rapids Chorus of Sweet Adelines

Regional Champions of 4-part Acapella Harmony

Grand Rapids Community College Guitar Ensemble

11-piece guitar ensemble

Grand Rapids Community College Suzuki Strings

Music from the Suzuki Method repertoire

Grand Rapids Dance Project

Ballet & Contemporary Dance

Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra with Edye Evans-Hyde

Big Band jazz, vocal, swing and original

Grand Rapids Race2Unity Choir

Awesome 100+ voice multi-ethnic worship choir & band

Grand Rapids Symphonic Band

Highlights from the 2009-10 Season and More!

Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra

Symphony

Grand Rapids Youth Symphony & Classical Orchestra

Classical

GRCT Traveling Troupe

“Jemima Puddleduck” – An outdoor show for kids

Great Lakes Barbershop Chorus

Songs in four part Harmony

Greg and Kathy Proulx

Contemporary folk

Gretchen Weaver

Musical world tales

Groove Merchant

Originals influenced by jazz, funk & blues

Group Therapy

Grown Folks

The Most Original Hip Hop in The Midwest

Half ‘n Half

A capella vocal quartet

Hark Up Band and Choir

Gospel favorites and more

Hark up Horns of Power

A fresh big band with your gospel favorites and more

Harmony Dance Source

Hazy Past

Hazy Past is a Rock,Funk and Blues band that will take you on a musical journey.

Head

Rock music that melts faces off!

Hearts In Step Christian Dance Academy

Selections from the Spring Outreach Performance

Hey Marco

Pop/R&B music from the 70s to today

Indigenous Groove

Vocal sounds

Inspirations Dance Studio

An inspiring showcase of our local talents

Integrity School of Dance Arts

Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical

Jack Hamilton

Singer/Songwriter

Jacob Clyde & Swamp Root Medicine

Blues and Blue Wave/Roots Rock

Jeff Sayers

Solo songwriter in a vintage pop style

Joan’s Garage

Mix of jazz, blues, and in-between

Joe Helsper

Original compositions

Joe Seeley

Eclectic mix of rock, folk and forgotten favorites.

John Ladegast

Stories I never told my parents

Joyful Sounds Suzuki Violins

Children ages 5-14 perform classical pieces as well as fun fiddle tunes!

Kelloggsville High School Jazz Ensemble

Jazz standards and big band charts

Kelly O’Brien & The Bridge St. Special

Rich, soulful, original folk music

Ken Bierschbach

Pop/Folk Singer/Songwriter

Ken Stead

Soulful, reflective and life affirming songs

Kent Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphonic “pops” repertoire

Kevan Grinwis

Raw | Intense | Spiritual | Worship

Kevin Kammeraad

Poetry, puppetry, music and more

Lake Effect Brass Quintet

Brass quintet performing Classical to Jazz, and everything in between!

Larry Triezenberg

Acoustic fingerstyle folk and blues (traditional and more recent)

Lebaron

New Country!!

Left Hand Daisy SORRY - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

A mix of pop and alternative served on the rocks with a twist of lime

Lefty Malone

West Michigan’s Premier Classic Rock Band

Light Classics - Vocalists

Students of Barbara Witham McCargar perform songs from Baroque to Broadway with Bill Marfink, accompanist.

LittleEdge and the Miracles

Band with 10-year old lead guitarist performs original and classic rock songs.

Living Light Dance Company

Dance

Los Cobras

ma non troppo

Classical Woodwind Trio performing styles ranging from Renaissance to Jazz

MacNaughton Boulevard featuring Tami Helm

One “hot tamale” female vocalist and 5 cookin’ West MI musicians

MacRaven

Original New-Age/Romantic Piano/Cello

Mark Swanson

Acoustic guitar and singing

Mary Rademacher & Mark Kahny - “Better Two-gether”

A triple TREAT! Singer/dancer performing a Cabaret revue about life, love & more

Mary Rademacher & The Rad Pack

Swing, Latin, Broadway & pop

Merrilee Benthin

Adventures in Africa

Micah and The Muteflutes

Acoustic folk music

Michael Fuller-Todd Gibson project wsg-Mike Pawloski

Ambient originals with a few rock covers

Michatucky

Southern-Fried-Punk-Country or Punktry

Mid-Life Crisis SORRY - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

Classic and Original Rock

Midnight Cattle Callers

original bluesy country/swing with influences from the last 6 decades

Mike Dean, Classical Harmonica

Classical Music on chromatic harmonica

Mind’s Eye

Modern jazz

Mobia Post

Original Alternative Rock

Monroe Community Church Worship Team **

Rocking out for Jesus

Montrose Records Recording Artists Sinjon Smith

Tracks from their debut award-winning CD “One More Night”

Mr. Whooha

80s, 90s and NOW Variety

Mulick Park School 5th Graders

Children’s choir

Murphy’s Law

Mustang

popular country music

Mustard Plug SORRY - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

Performing its own mix of ska and punk

Natchez Trace

Acoustic classic rock

Ned Rouse

Original music

Neon Graffiti

Original rock, blues, pop

Nicholas James Thomasma

Songs from his debut solo CD “Barefoot.”

North American Choral Company

Vocal jazz and contemporary pop.

Northview HS Jazz Ensemble

Big Band Jazz

Old Man Worship Band

rootsy Christ centered rock

Onora Lancaster

Stories only a child can tell

OPEN

Open Land

Open Land plays indie-folk music. Think Wilco meets Stevie Wonder.

OPEN MIKE

OPENING CEREMONIES REPEAT

WaZoBia, Miss Audacious and her Atomic Hoop Troupe, Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities, Avenue of the Arts, UICA, Grupo Tarasco

Orquesta Concepto Latino

Salsa and merengue music

Otis Blueswell Jr.

Old-time acoustic blues

Our Rock

Christian Pop-Rock

Over The Top Academy Of Dance

Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Hip Hop

Pacific Island Dancers

Traditional dances from the islands of Hawaii and Tahiti

Paschke Trio

Jazz Standards from Miles Davis to Chic Corea

Paucity

paucity-noun- seldom or few. paucity-2 time jammie award winner.

Paul Emery Singer Songwriter

Pheenix

Pheenix – music for everyone

PotatoeBabies

Music & Cake from Rev Charles, Alana, Mick, and special guest star aj Dunning

Quadraphonic

Bluesy,rocky, jazzy, and funky

Ralston Bowles

Ralston Bowles

Ras Tyger SORRY - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

Modern pop punk originals and classic rock covers

Remedy Blue

Rhythm Dance Center

Tap, ballet, jazz and hip hop

Rick Hopkins

Indie Contemporary Rock

Righteous

Exciting, high-energy sounds

River City Improv

River City Improv – The Calvin College Alumni Improv Team

River City Jazz Ensemble

Big band swing

River Rogues Jazz Band

Dixieland Jazz

Roberta Rossi

Stories from mystical islands

Rockford School of Dance

Roosevelt Diggs

An energetic blend of folk, country, bluegrass, blues and rockabilly.

Ryan Craig Nelson

Original music from their first studio album

Saint Nobody

Mixing blues rock with a hard rock vibe, you are sure to enjoy this band.

Sam Stryke

Music from his new pop-jazz CD, “Brunch” with his trio.

Sanger Bros.

A bass, drum, and guitar trio who perform original Americana and roots rock.

Sargent Avenue

High energy rock/electronic

Scatterdome

Psychedelic Crop Circle Rock

School of The Grand Rapids Ballet Company Junior Trainees

Snow White Staged by Mindy Mosolygo, Choreographed by Laura Berman

School of the Grand Rapids Ballet Company Senior Trainees

“Interludes” – A world premiere, Choreographed by Laura Berman

Schubert Male Chorus of Grand Rapids

The “Great Male Sound” – music from ballads to spiritual to folk.

Seeing Eye God

Heavy high energy rock

Senior Steppers

Senior jazz/tap group

Serita’s Black Rose (and the Disciples Of Funk)

Grand Rapids’ funkiest band

Shawmut Hills Storytellers

Stories from my head (Youth writers/tellers)

Shir Shalom Chorus

The Chorus sings Jewish sacred and contemporary music.

Signal Trip

Vintage rock and roll with a modern edge

SilentBark

Simien the Whale

Break-Beat Indie Alternative

Sizzlin’ Swingers

Learn Country Western line dancing at the beginner level. Offering fun for all ages, this event fills up fast.

Skip Page

Classical guitarist performs a musical tour of South America!

Sookie Jones Band

Classic rock

Southbound Train

Folk originals and covers

Special Touch Gospel Ministries

Special Touch Gospel Ministries

Spencer Mulder Band

Original Midwestern Folk Rock

Stephen Ford

A mix of original and cover songs kinda folky.

Steve Anzivino Acoustic Band

Traditional Jazz and Blues

Steve Anzivino Electric Band

Contemporary jazz and funk

Stickerblister

Melodic hard rock band hailing from Grand Rapids, MI.

Street Theatre

Storytelling with audience participation

Strumble Head

Classic Rock songs that you know and love.

Studio Dance

Studio Dance

Sultana Dancers

Traditional to modern belly dances

Sun Gun

Modern alternative rock

Systematic

Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu Studio

Chi Kung exercises, relaxation techniques, Tai Chi forms and a very exciting weapons demonstration

Taproot

Tradition inspired, toe-tappin’ fired acoustic

The Broadcast Union

Acoustic-pop rock with unique blend of vocal harmonies and instrumental work.

The Chimes

Men’s vocal quartet singing Spirituals and popular songs

The Envy League

Energetic and Entertaining,Indie Rock at it’s finest.

The Fainting Generals

Literary and vintage rock ‘n roll

The Full Catastrophe

Folk melodies with hip-hop instrumentation

The Good Libations

50’s and 60’s favorites performed acapella

The Growing Roots

The Growing Roots seek to bring glory to God with a mix of rock, blues and folk.

The Insane Theatre

The Lazy Blue Tunas

Eclectic acoustic

The Lighthouse Commission

Psychedelic rock

The Mines SORRY - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

Epic, Indie, Synth-infused, Post-Modern Pop/Rock

The Moving Company

A variety of dance forms

The Outer Vibe

Upbeat rock with trumpet

The Party’s Over

Awe inspiring original indie rock.

The Proulx Brothers

Kingston Trio folk music

The Rockit King

The most “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Rock ‘N’ Roll band on the planet

The Seventh

Electric sounds combined with Hip Hop elements!

The Steve Hilger Band

High-energy progressive blues band

The Voices of Freedom

8-part acapella choir

The Weatherheads

Country folk Americana

The Zach Ryan Band

Those Eighty Acres

Those Eighty Acres brings a subtle fusion of folk, rock, country, & pop.

Three in Accord

Tim McGraw Tribute Artist Lee Crites

Lee Crites performing a Tim McGraw Tribute Show.

Tim Perry & Jeff Oxford

All original music from the founders of The Grand Rapids Songwriters Alliance.

Tokyo Morose

Quality music with focus on subtleties and texture

Torontosaurus Rex

Energetic indie rock

Travis Atkinson

Blues and folk infused singer-songwriter

Trinity ftL

Christian rock

Truckstop Cobras

Uncommon Road

Alternative rock

Union Guns

Guitar Driven Country

Upstage Crew Blues Band

Upstage Crew plays throwback blues that are sure to please every blues fan.

Wally Corvine, Accordionist

Wazobia

Fun, rhythmic African dance moves and drumming – participation is encouraged.

West Michigan Gay Men’s Chorus

Selections from “Family” – WMGMC’s spring show celebrating family diversity

West Michigan Youth Ballet Company

First act “Cinderella” Ballet

Westwind Woodwind Quintet

Woodwind Quintet plus Piano perform classical works and arrangements

Wildwood Folk

An eclectic mix of Folk, Celtic, Original, and Rock Music with a touch of humor!